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AMr«M GommunlMUcn* t» Agr»ii«»ii«. ?* A«l«l«ld« St. W«.t. T«ron<« VARIETIES RECOMMENDED BY THE O.A.C. For inoreased acre yields, it ia not •aly important to uso seeds of high quality, but it is very desirable to aae tboM varieties which have proven superior, so Bays Dr. C. A. Zavits of the Ontario Aip-icultiiral College. Tha Field Husbandry Dept. has done much In importing, testing, selecting and Kminer â€" Common. Buclrwheatâ€" Rye. Field Peasâ€" O.A.C. No. 181, Arthur and Canadian Beauty. Field Beansâ€" Pearce'a Improved Tree and Pea Beans. Soy Beansâ€" O.A.C. No. 211. Vetcheeâ€" Hairy. Flint Cornâ€" Gold Nugget, Ixingfel low. and Sailer's North DakoU. Dent Cornâ€" Golden Glow, TAhite Record of P«rf omunce for Dairy Cattle. The popularity of the Record of Performance test work for pure bred dairy cattle, carried on by the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa, is brought out by the Hon. Mr. Motherwell, Min- ister of Agriculture, In the report of i|B THE CHnj>REN'8 HOUR sc= hybridizing varieties, not only with „ •; „ ,^ . n,i.„^«»in Nn 7 the object of supplying the most re- Cap Yellow Dent, Wisconsin No. 7, liable information but also with the «"" Bailey. â-  Sweet Cornâ€" Golden Bantam. Sorghum â€" Early Amber TWO LITTLE SOMETHINGS. When litUe Jackie Babbit and Bli- the work 'f bis Dept for the year, '»• Woodchuck, Junior, returned from endina March 81st laat. In that year, »chool one afUmoon, they found their alone amplications for entry were ac-irao^bers were not at home. This was cepted for 8,868 cows, which wa.s ankery unusual, and they were quite increase of 882 over the preceding ?'«»•'«<*• You see, they lived right year, and cowa were entered for the "^xt door to each other, so it meant test from 1,720 farma throughout the! they couW have a nice long play to- Dominioo. { Rather and their mothers would not A recent modification of the ruleel he there to c»ll them to do some little governing the test has been brought |*»-''l'- into effect. This provides for the ac- "Come over and play in my yard, eepting of entries only from owners Billie," said Jackie, aa he sawhis lit- ' who place all their pure bred milking, tie friend coming out of the house untested, normal cows in the test The munching a big sugar cookie. (Jackie COFFEE r^^^ p^v^ Roasted and piuJced •wne^ ^ day m airtight cani Cl aim of originating new varieties i which are superior to any already in existence. This is no easy matter to accomplish. We believe, however, that in some of our most important crops of Ontario, varieties of superior merit have been originated. The following list gives our latest information re- garding a few of the most desirable varieties of farm crops for use in Ontario: Oatsâ€" O.A.C. No. 72, Banner, and O.A.C. No. 3. Barleyâ€" O.A.C. No. 21. Winter Wheatâ€" O.A.C. No. 104, Dawson's Golden ChaiT, and Imperial Amber. Spring Wheatâ€" O.A.C. No. 85, Mar- quis, and Wild Goose. Spring Ryeâ€" O.A.C. No. 61. Winter Rye â€" Rosen, New Invincible and Petkus. Sunflowers â€" Black Giant, and Mam- moth Russian. object of this rule is to stop the prac- tice of some breeders entering one or two of their cows and giving them special care in order to make records that are in many instances consider- Mangels A.C. No. 2 (strain of ably higher than the average produc- Yellow Leviathan). * "on of the entire herd Swede Turnips â€" Good Luck, and Hall's Westbury. Millet â€" Japanese Panicle, and Jap- anese Barnyard. Pasture Rapeâ€" Dwarf Essex. Cow Cabbageâ€" Sutton's Earlieet Drumhead. Early Potatoesâ€" Irish Cobbler. I.«te Potatoesâ€" Dooley, and Green Mountain. Alfalfaâ€" Grimm, and Ontario Var- iegated. Sweet Cloverâ€" White Blossomed Bi- ennial. Grassesâ€" Orchard, Tall Oat, and Meadow or Tall Fescue. Prevention of Losses Among Chicks By a. W. Knipe Recent figures show that there are only about 66 chicks raised out of every 100 batched, and this V» on farms where there exist* a better aver- age of poultry conditions. Many poultry raisers try to reduce their loss by "doctoring" sick and weakly chicks. They lose sight of the fact that for the previous 9 or 10 months the stock these chicks were raised from had not the care and attention necessary to produce sturdy chickens, and so care of' breeding stock results in chicks hatched with weak constitutions, un- able to llvo under ordinary farm con- dltlont!. A strong, vigorous chicken, with good brooding system, clean and proper feeding, should be easily raised poultry raisers, yet a great number of these people make the "penny wise" and Itound foolish" mistake of thinking they can make a brooder at home quite good enough to brood the small num- ber of chicks they raise. Too often tbeee home-made brooders do not keep the proper temperature nor supply the ventilation necessary. Again, if the brooding aystem is too small for num- ber of chickeas hatched there 1« apt to be "crowding," cau.slng lose through suffocation. Coops without floors for hen-hatched chicks often result in chiUing the little birds. Cbllle usually bring along bowel trouble. The cloee confinement of baby cbicks Is often claimed to cause leg-weakness, something which rarely Is seen In to maturity. The greatest loss la ow- ' chicks which are allowed on outside Ing to lack of vitality, which may be caused by poor parent stock, poor care of eggs before they are set or poor Incubation. On forms, where the fonl are allowed to forage tor them- selves most of the year, there are many misUkes made In breeding, the fault often being due to botii male and female. The males, often late hatched, lar!k vigor and are small In size. Be- cause such birds give a high percent- age of fertility in eggs does by no means warrant the assumptlou that the chicl-^ hatched will be sturdy. Qood hens are almost as Important as good malee. For best results It is not wise to mate the entire flock, better pick out only the best females and mate them to the best males procur- able. Never mate cockerels and pul- lets. Never use hens which have been â- Ick and out of condition. Bowel trou- ble and diarrhoea are sometimes uuused by Infection of the eggs, there- Core the nece.Helty of not breeding from any. birds thus infected. The best of Rggs may be ruined by faulty incuba- tion, not only artificial, but when broody hen Is used. It the ben Is Alghty she should not be used. Nests •hould be In a place easly accessible, where water and food are conveniently obtained. Incubator chicks are Just M strong UB hen hatched If they are properly hatched. Too high or too low a temperature, not enough fresh air, and wrong mnlAture conditions, are the most common faults of weak chicks from artificial Incubation. Do kway with these causes and you hatch |ood, vigorous, healthy ohlcki. Qood Incubators are usually obtained by run, ever for a few minutes, after they are abotit a week old. Of courae, in stormy or wet weather this is Impos- sible, therefore for such occasions keep sand or tlse litter oi. the floor. Feed grain in dry litter to induce ex- ercise. Keep brooder housa well ven- tilated. Supply green feed such as sprouted oats, kltuci-, green alfalfa or clover cuttings. No matter how brooded the chickens mu&t be kept free fi-om vermin, must be kept dry, must have plenty of exer- cise, and small birds should not be allowed to run with half-grown ones, as the little chap: don't have a chance to get the proper amount of food if compelled to light with much larger birds for It. Keep your baby chicks growing every minute till they ma- ture, which can be done by proper feeding. Improper feeding Is feeding too soon and without making chicks work for their meals, rosltlvely, do not teed chicks before they are 48 hours old. The yolk of the egg pro- vides fooil for at least that length of time. Additional food is over-loading a small stomach and causes digestive troubles. To sum up tlie matter, the remedy for the great loss of chicks la "pre- vention." "Eternal vigilance" Is the price which must' l>e paid to reduce the loss to a minimum. (Careful feed and attention from tlie day the chicks are hatched, for remember, these chicks may eventually be the breeders yoti are going to depend on, and must have every chance to mature Into well-developed, vigorous pullets and cockerels. An interesting fact brought out in the Report is that the Minister's own Department was at that time the was enjoying a big ginger one with a raisin in the middle). Billie didn't need a second invita- tion, because Jackie had a big swing Home Educatioo •Tlia CMM'* rim SelMM M »• fumltf^â€"FrmbaU' Teaching Our Boys and GirU How to Accept Re^onstbility BY HELEN GREGG GREEN. .^_^ "I don't understand Aileenl She in the maple tree in the back yard! 'â-  poeitively laay about the house," Of all the things he liked to do, Billio complained Aileen's mother. "She'd thought he liked swinging the best '«* ^e wait on her hand and foot 1' To go as fast as the wind to and fro ^'^ do it And I guess I nearly do." up among the leaves was heaps of f un.| "My dear," spluttered Aunt Emmy And this is what Mother Rabbit and Lou, "I^nj^ explain the case. You owner of the highest producing^cow Mother Woodchuck found their chil-' started ^rong with Aileen. When she ' * '^ " " • * '^ dren doing when they returned home, waa a wee girl you were always do- "Come here, Jackie," called his »n«r things for her. "Wait, dear, it's „ „ »^ ^v .- XV .- mother from the back door. And off ""aining. Ut mother get your over- 812 B.C At the time the "Port was , j^^^j^ ^^^^ running, with Billie fol- shoee and umbrella. If you asked mailp th,. ,.««, h^u ♦».« »„,irf'c h.,f. ^^^j. ^g jj.^ chubby legs her to dry the dishes, and she wanted in the Dominion â€" the Holstein-Frie- sion "Agassiz Segis May Echo," locat- ed at the Experimental Farm, Agas- made, this cow held the world's but ter fat record for all breeds and ages, having produced within the year 80, 886 pounds of milk containing 1,345 pounds of butter fat. This record has since been slightly exceeded by another Canadian bred cow, "DeKol Plus Segis Dixie," which produced 33,477 pounds of milk and 1,686.6 pounds of butter in 366 days. Pasture ror Hogs. It is generally acknowledged by successful hog raisers that there is economy in pasturing hogs during the growing period. This practice not only develops general thrift but is con- ducive to the healthy grovrth so essen- tial to hogs of the "select" bacon type. The question then arises. What pas- tures are best for hog raising? Ac- cording to experiments conducted at the Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, Japanese millet has proved to be a more economical producer of pork than either oat and barley pasture or sweet clover and oats. The sweet clover and oat pasture came second, barley pasture third, and oat pasture at the foot of the list During the pasturing period, the hogs were fed a similar grain diet in all experiments, as well a.s milk to drink. With the millet pastured hogs, gains were made at a cost of 4.01 cents per pound as compared with 4.79 from sweet clover and oats, 5.46 from the oat pasture, and 5.87 from the barley pasture lot The pasture crops were sown on the 5th of June, and the hogs were placed in the plots one month and one day later when the growth of forage averaged from 6 to inches in length. Of the several crops tested, Japan- ese millet proved to have the greater stock carrying capacity. Nine hogs on a plot 115 by 30 feet in size were unable to consume this crop quickly enough, and it wa.s found necessary after a few weeks, to di ide the plot into halves, and place six other pigs Why does it take us so .long to wako up? From now on, I'll have a dilTer- ent system with my little girl." But she was just twelve years too late beginning the proper "system." It's not a kindness to a child to da the hundred and one little things that he should be taught to do for himself. We must teach our children initiative, and to do this they must have littlo responsibilities of their own. As they grow older these may be increased â- â€¢ that they will gradually become mora could carry him. , "I want you to go on an errand, along, dear, mother will do them!' Jackie. Take this package down to Yes, you were Alice's servant. There's Sammie Squirrel's house. Mrs. Squir- no doubt about that." rol has a big surprise for you, two The mother winced. "Oh, surely â€" " little somethings. Billie's mother says' "Yes, it's true!" Aunt Emmy Lou he may go yrith you." , interrupted. "I believe in being a "What do you mean by two little child's aid, friend and mother, but somethmgs. Mother?" asked Jackie. | ^ever his servant No wonder Aileen "Run along, children, and you will jg i^y ^^^ you've taught her to see," she answered, "but be sure and i,e, encouraged it!" ''""TVo'littk somethings," questioned' , ''"'t ift""* » v^l^ •^''"'•,f?"'.*i,'^ Billie and Jackie, "what do you think r!^j:'i\T'' .^L?*"'' '""''«*• ^"* they can be?" , I guess you're nght Ii "I bet they are two little cars," said Jackie, "and maybe we can ride in them." "I'll bet they are two swings, and I can have a swing in each one," said Billie. j "Rap, tap, tap," on Sammie Squir- rel's door. to play instead, you would say, 'Run efficient and better able to face tha never thought of her laziness being my fault before. responsibilities of life. One of the most unhappy girls I know is one who had a great deal of responsibility thrust upon her when ihe was wholly unprepared for it Of course she was not equal to it. Her parents had shielded her all her life from the responsibilitiee she should have had. Even very small children should be given a small amount vt responsibility; first in homeopathic poses, to be increased as the child grows older. Then in time he will ba . able to accept all that comes in hia way in a capable, experienced manner. ' be experienced before the quality of the winter coats can be judged. Thra stopping of inspection in the middla of January is said to be due to the commencMnent of the breeding season Registered Silver Foxes. The Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Domin- ion Minister of Agriculture, in the re- port of his department for the year A pretty lady squirrel all in white farmmg. This industry, the Minister _ ^j^^^ ^^ ^j, ^ ^j^^ j^ ^^ opened the door for them. P«>nts out, had its inception m Prmce , ^j^^ ^^ J ^j^^ production fea- "Come in boys," she said. Edward Island. ,n the vicinity of Tig- ^^^^ ^, ^^/ ^^^^^ fox industry, it ia "Please, ma'am, mother sent this "^sh, somewhere m the early eighties. ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^^ j^ ^ ^^^^, .''^ package to yon,.'! said Jackie. "And Jt has now spread from the Atlantac j„ j^^^^^ ,^^ f^^^ ^^ ^„ {.^ ^^ she said you had two little somethings *<> the Pacific, and. is firmly establish- to show us " I ed on a business basis. According to "That's right. 1 have. boys. Just ^is Report the Canadian Silver Fox Ic^^j-drnglyt'ln Vd"r to'k^'up tha wait a minute." And she went tip-. Breeders Association was mcorpor- ^ j .^ '^.^^ necessary to" breed toeing off into the bedroom. ated in 1920, when a stud book was In a minute she was back. "Come opened for the registraUon of all right in this way, boys," she said, foxes that came up to a required stan- "Here are the two little somethings dard and which had been bred in cap- that your mother told you about" | ti^ity for a certain number of gen- And weren't they surprised when erations. Up to the end of March, they peeked into the bedroom, for last year. 10,000 foxes had been ac- there In a snow white cradle were two cepted for registration and were ta- little baby squirrels. I tooed on the ears for identification. The boys wanted them to come out! The Live Stock Branch of the De- partment, at the request of breeders, recently took over the inspection of the foundation stock. The period of the year in which inspection can be made is limited from late September and play, but the nurse said they must wait until they had grown to be a little stronger. "What's their names?" asked Billie. "This one is Sue, and this one is on the second half of the lot The! have their nap, so the nurse had tj grain ration consisted of a mixture send them home. Sally," said the nurse as she tucked ""til the middle of January. Inspec- them in more closely. I *»<>" l»»s *« be delayed until this date The boys wanted to stay longer, but owing to the fact that it is the quality it was time for the baby squirrels tj of the fur that makes silver foxes valuable and some cold weather must of middlings, shorts, ground oats, ground corn and tankage, with skim milk. SHEEP. Supplying Bacon Type Sows. Tho introduction of hog grading has created a general demand for brood sows of the bacon type. To assist farmers in securing these, the . Live Stock Branch of the Dept of Agricul- ture «t Ottawa, through the agency of field men, makes suitable stock avail- able in districts where it is must needed. According to the Report of the Dominion Minister of Agriculture for the past fiscal year, 757 head of bacon type sows were purchased in Ontario and shipped for sale direct to farmers in various parts of Quebec. Besides these, more than three hun- dred Quebec brood sow.* were turned over from tho fireedors to districts that had not been supplied. In the Province of Alberta, according to this Report, 42 young sows of the York- shire breed were purchased and ."told to pig club members, and a quantity of similar sUKk was made available to Tlkranian settleVs. That this work "Well be back to see Sue and Sally to-morrow," said Jackie. "You bet we will." said Billie, "and maybe they won't be so sleepy then." As one rotten apple will spoil a bushel, so will one scrub bull damage the whole herd a decade hence. -I at the same time the supply from tha wilds is just as steadily decreasing. more and more fur bearing animals hi captivity. As the silver black fox produces a high priced fur and one that cannot l>e successfully imitated^ a demand for his pelt is bound to co»> tinue. » The wiseacre who said that it ia good for one to do something disagree- able each day, apparently did not n-al- ize that most of us fulfilled that im- â- ileasant duty by getting up in the morning. Have the harnesses been repaired and oiled, the wagons been greased^ and other tools put in repair? If not, it is likely to be now or never. It will pay to make it now instead of never. I come soiled or mussed up, and then j refuses to cat the amount necessary Shoep like fresh air and sunshine.' to produce her maximum flow of milk. If allowed to run at will they seldom , The appetite of a cow depends upon seek protection from chilling winds, t),g condition of the digestive tract and cold weather. So long as their ^ often the digestion becomes sluggish fleeces are kept dry, they enjoy free-|f,oni ^n cxce.ss of food low in diges- ^om. tible nutrient.s. Th'- way to overcome! will produce good results in due time My experience has been that th'-re this condition Is to feed Romcthiiig ix .^ihown from the experience of Ihe is danger of housing bree.iiiK ''wos that will loop the dige.itive organs Pence Uiver Pi.^trict, which waw sup- too closely during the winter months, j active. Silage will do this. So will plied with bacon typo hogs of both. Like many otiior fiork-owners, I have ,.o<,ts. Succulent foo<l is, therefore,' sexes two years agi>. The stock com-| on lold stormy nights closed the doors, important when teaching the cow to ing out of tho district the year fol- â- nd neglected to open windows for pongunie the required amount of the lowing tho introduction comprised a' vontilalion. The foUorwing morning fno^, .he should have. I much higher perccnUge of select* the air would In- distressingly foul.l ^ ^ ~-« -â€" | ^,^i^ than that marketed from other This, 1 am thoroughly convinced, is not for the best health of the animals. $15-00 Buys this Griffith Team Outfit (til wMt •( Ftrt Wlllkui) â- â€¢rhiii ••ll> B»<l u( flrreding ewes need every advan- tsg<!. Freph nir j« not only essential Select Bacon Hogs. j parts of Aiiwrta. Ontario rhoweil a good increase in' ._ Tp"*~» r* select baron hogs in January com-| HoW tO Treat laarget. pared with the corresponding month, i,i ctnica of garget, give one pound t, Oaarhlii eiut Rh* TratM aiut .. r -i.nic- "" ••! . - BllUUk C*B*M« tw 2 Ntrw*. CAN* y(^u \yfii It? The whole Vu*l- u.;s cikI of A letiii lthnir>» «l ft price 1U«1 m»kn It t ti«l e»un- omjl Actual MrrWe tnia b»i» pioveU bv><>t>il QufftVlun ttiat xvM ««ars mwy ttt m» ncJl ea teattier. t'ermeie ercry- • hr'e lie Aii.liiil llie GritlUII Tetai OulAI t iTNtt boon. In the lace of tli« i'rj.i:iy liiaeosloj price of leather. OnlM in Otiiai t*-4ay. mc* 115 (ur III \ii>t of I'uit William), enetli'i elmut Rm« Tr»ee« otOj. per ul of f'liiv. ullh I.e>l rolna. It tui il.9t not of Vort WUUaii>.>. Grmili'i r.!«»« Yele Re»«v to uplfc-e KAili»r j>u.m et..l'^ V"' e ci'iui>lr e i.lih ii«l« am! iV..I«. 11 '0 W palr lor II H v.a«t or Ko.1 Wlllam). If .o\ir dea'ff ta'\*t »up' ly you. onSer illmL Wrtt» ?cr bo>>lll»'- M Waterlea St Stritler*. Out. DAIRY. < on^. .iKf ixfople, are i-roBlure« of habit. They eat moat of what they like belt if thej;_can choose their diet It in very natural for theiii to consume figures this January wore 2,7}>.t com- twi,-o daily '» water, instead of above pared with 11,708 in the eorrcspontling medicines. 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Maybe some ot of carliolivsed oil, t^omphorated oil, and ^^(^, nwiMat. do'.irate fieder ofl*n throws her feed our mutton-flavored canines could compound ?<oap liniment. â€" Dr. A. S.'_â€" â€" â-  â€" about 111 the manger until it has be- 1 profitably l>r exported I Alcsnndet. | IMUE Np. 12â€" '24. :|: ^i.-